Geriatrics

A report from the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics has found that Americans who live to 65 are likely to live an average of 19.2 additional years when compared with 1960 data. The report, available at...

More than 250,000 hip fractures occur annu­ally in the United States, and the incidence is expected to increase among the elderly as society continues to outlive previous generations. Hip fractures have a significant impact on...

This Physician’s Weekly feature was completed in cooperation with the experts at the American Diabetes Association. Published research suggests that approximately 30% of people older than 65 have either diagnosed or undiagnosed...

The population of baby boomers and geriatric adults—the “boomeratric”™ generation—is continuing to increase in the United States. Roughly 40 million Americans are 65 or older, representing 12.9% of the total population (or one...